Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive July 2, 2026
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comes. Go. Ah, I feel so bad for the people who missed this. Don't you? A little bit? A little bit of guilt? Well, let's talk about all the things. Possibly my favorite story of the day. You might not have heard this yet. Apparently the BBC, and in this context the BBC refers to the British Broadcasting Corporation. If you thought BBC meant something else, well, you've been spending a little bit…

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ou know why? Because Texans are not a bunch of freaking morons. Surprise, surprise. Turns out there's a lot of smart, responsible people living in Texas. And those who damn well better protect themselves until they get the vaccination, yeah, they'll wear masks. Or they'll not socially mingle with people who might be infected.

So I think you can trust, at least at this point. I don't think you could trust it early on in the pandemic because people were not as well informed, not as well trained. But I think you can trust that the people in Texas who are at risk will make the damn decision themselves. They will make the decision.

Now let's talk about whether Texas is doing the right thing or the wrong thing. How many of you are positive that Texas is doing the right thing? And then how many of you are positive

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that it's the wrong thing? It's too early. Whereas the governor of California said it's reckless. As reckless. Well, here's the argument. And you have to look at all the variables. If you look at one variable, of course you're being dumb. Variable number one: will opening up Texas lead to more infections and death? What do you think? Do you think that Texas opening up is pretty much guaranteed to…

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